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HEMISPHERESMAGAZINE.COM • MAY 2012
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THRILLING
TALESOF
ADVENTURE
DRY RUN
Tobogganing down China’s biggest sand dune
At China’s Resonant Sand Gorge, where the Yellow
River has carved 300-foot slopes into a great plateau of
sand, I bought an elaborate-looking ticket and crept to
the edge with a tea tray–size wooden sled tucked under
my arm. I put it on the ground, lowered myself and took
off instantly, hurtling toward the sparkling river below.
Sand roared and crunched under the tin-bottomed
sled, and a hot wind hit my face. I had no idea how to
stop, but I didn’t have to. At the end of the exhilarating
plunge, a large flat apron along the shore slowed me
down and I ground, hatless, to a halt. I sat for a moment,
and then, like a kid after the first snowfall of the season,
went back up for another go
.
—Adrian Mourby
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